Circassian Flag Day - The History of The Circassian Flag - English
Circassia... the land of the free Circassian people and the home of nobility and knighthood.
The idea of a Circassian flag is as old as the Circassian nation itself.
Historically, Circassian tribes had their own distinguished flags.
The idea of a unifying flag that represents all Circassians came from the leader and diplomat Sefer Bey Zhanoko in 1836.
Sewn by a Circassian princess in Istanbul, three copies of the new flag were sent to Circassia with David Urquhart the Scottish diplomat and friend of Sefer Bey.
Traditionally, a Circassian knight fills his pocket with arrows when heading to battle, but only takes three arrows when heading for hunting.
A symbol of peace but also power.
The twelve stars represent the twelve Circassian clans.
Green…. the colour of the great Caucasus meadows.
Later the black colour of arrows and stars on the flag was changed to yellow.
Since it was first designed in 1836, the current flag has been representing all the Circassians all around the world.
The Circassian nation Flag is the official flag of the Republic of Adyghea in the Russian Federation.
Today it is the oldest flag of all the Russian federation subjects.
In March 2010 Circassian Council (Адыгэ Хасэ) of the Republic of Adygea decided to celebrate 25th of April as the National Circassian Flag Day (Адыгэ Ныпым И Маф).
Since then, this date marks the Circassian celebration of their national flag all around the world.
We The World Circassian Youth Organisation believe that the Circassian flag is the symbol of our unity around the world.
It is the symbol of our nation's consciousness and future.
We are Circassians and this is the greatest symbol of our people.
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